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Saturday June 20, 2015 - Return from Ireland! 5 Hour Marathon Show!
| Kicking things off with the regular "theme" song, and then two artists coming to the Vancouver Folk Music Festival (July 17-19) | ||||
| # | Artist | Song Title | Album (label) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Street | Music For A Found Harmonium | Irish Times | |
| 2 | Paulo Flores | N'Guxi | Semba - A True Sound From Angola | |
| 3 | Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba | Bassekouni | Ba Power | |
| King Sunny Ade is coming to Mission Folk Music Festival (July 24 - 26), Aurelio to Edmonton Folk Music Festival (August 6 - 9). Angelique replaces Taj Mahal at Vancouver next month (he has been prescribed rest). Ended this set with the latest from Mali Blues veteran "Kar Kar" | ||||
| 4 | King Sunny Ade | Ja Funmi | Juju Music | |
| 5 | Aurelio | Irawini | Landini | |
| 6 | Angelique Kidjo | Kamoushou | Eve | |
| 7 | Boubacar Traore | Sagnon Moni | Mbalimaou | |
| The great nomad Blues band Tinariwen come to Edmonton in August! Locarno play Island Musicfest in Courtenay BC (July 10 - 12) and The Galician all-girl quintet Ialma plays Mission next month. | ||||
| 8 | Tinariwen | Toumast Tincha | Emmaar | |
| 9 | Locarno | La Bruja | Una Mas Y Ya Nos Vamos | |
| 10 | Ialma | Ialma Torna | Simbiose | |
| Amazing Polish music from the Carpathians - keeping up with the Carpathians? - (coming to Mission) and a superb new CD by the Danish-Canadian couple Maja & David | ||||
| 11 | Volosi | Nomadism | Nomadism | |
| 12 | Volosi | Zmierch / Dusk | Wolosi I Lasoniowie | |
| 13 | Maja & David | Foxy Frank | Cph - Cafe - Yul | |
| Two superb young Quebecois bands coming to Vancouver Folk Festival (and Les Poules will also be at Musicfest) | ||||
| 14 | Les Poules a Colin | Tout du Long de la Mer | Ste-Waves | |
| 15 | Les Hay Babies | Des Fois J'Me Demande | Mon Homesick Heart | |
| Honouring Wendell Holmes, who passed away on Friday, then UK Blues / R&B duo coming to The Rogue Folk Club July 9th before heading to Musicfest the next day | ||||
| 16 | The Holmes Brothers | Something Is Missing | Feed My Soul | |
| 17 | Maggie Bell | Suicide Sal | Suicide Sal | |
| 18 | Dave Kelly & Paul Jones | When The Levee Breaks | Live In London | |
| New releases by three of my favourites! | ||||
| 19 | Eilen Jewell | Down The Road | Sundown Over Ghost Town | |
| 20 | Richard Thompson | Beatnik Walking | Still | |
| 21 | The SteelDrivers | River Runs Red | The Muscle Shoals Recordings | |
| Another favourite and then a small feature on Tom Russell, who plays the Rogue next weekend (June 26 & 27) | ||||
| 22 | Della Mae | High Away Gone | Della Mae | |
| 23 | Tom Russell | East Of Woodstock - West Of Vietnam | Aztec Jazz | |
| 24 | Tom Russell | Mississippi River Running Backwards | Aztec Jazz | |
| More from Tom, then Aussie quintet the Waifs (playing North Shore Jazz Festival on June 30th) and the superb troubadour Mr. McLeod (at Vancouver Folk Fest next month) | ||||
| 25 | Tom Russell | The Rose Of Roscrae | The Rose Of Roscrae | |
| 26 | The Waifs | Bridal Train | A Brief History | |
| 27 | Rory McLeod | When You Were Born | Swings & Roundabouts | |
| Fine young Winnipeg band coming to BC next month; Vancouver Island songwriter coming to Van Folk Fest; and the wonderful old time duo Anna & Elizabeth, who play The Rogue on July 5th | ||||
| 28 | The Bros. Landreth | Firecracker | Let It Lie | |
| 29 | Annie Lou | Roses Blooming | Tried & True | |
| 30 | Anna & Elizabeth | Soldier & The Lady | Anna & Elizabeth | |
| More A & E, then Colin Linden (Shorefest late July), and Irish songwriter we saw last weekend at Doolin Folk Festival in Co. Clare | ||||
| 31 | Anna & Elizabeth | Father Neptune | Anna & Elizabeth | |
| 32 | Colin Linden | John Lennon In New Orleans | From The Water | |
| 33 | Declan O'Rourke | Gold Stars In The Sun | Howlin' Lowly Moors | |
| Memories of our Ireland road trip in the next two sets! | ||||
| 34 | Stephen Fearing | Dublin Bay | Out To Sea | |
| 35 | Sharon Shannon | Cavan Potholes | Spellbound | |
| 36 | Boiled In Lead | The Town Of Ballybay | Orb | |
| 37 | Karan Casey | We're Going Sailing | The Seal Maiden | |
| 38 | Wake The Dead | Prodigal Town / Planxty Hewlett | Buck Dancer's Choice | |
| 39 | Afterhours | The Devil & The Farmer's Wife | Hung Up & Dry | |
| Irish country folk band at Edmonton in August; Anglo-Celtic folk rockers coming to Edmonton and The Rogue in August; Christy singing the ultimate Irish festival anthem! | ||||
| 40 | I Draw Slow | Goldmine | Redhills | |
| 41 | Oysterband | No Ordinary Girl | Diamonds On The Water | |
| 42 | Christy Moore | Lisdoonvarna | Ride On | |
| More memories of Co. Clare, with two bands from the Doolin Festival, and a fine version of the Cliffs of Moher - which we saw from a boat and then from the top of the cliffs! Awesome! | ||||
| 43 | Aldoc | If You Never Knew My Name | From Tallaght To Halle | |
| 44 | Martin Hayes | The Lark's March / Kilfenora Jig / The Cliffs Of Moher | Under The Moon | |
| 45 | We Banjo 3 | The Long Black Veil | Gather The Good | |
| Three more acts from Doolin. What a great festival it was!! | ||||
| 46 | NoCrows | The Pendulum | Waiting For The Tide | |
| 47 | Luka Bloom | Don't Be Afraid Of The Light That Shines Within You | Eleven Songs | |
| 48 | Stockton's Wing | Skiddoo | Live - Take One | |
| Tune for the Blasket Islands in Co. Kerry, then great young flautist / singer with new CD (came out last week! Saw her at Tommy O'Sullivan's fine pub in Dingle on Tuesday) | ||||
| 49 | Tony McManus | Port na bPucai / Crooked Road | Pourquoi Quebec | |
| 50 | Teresa Horgan & Matt Griffin | Dans An Dro / Roscommon Reel | Brightest Sky Blue | |
| 51 | Teresa Horgan & Matt Griffin | Cruel Sister | Brightest Sky Blue | |
| Tommy himself; then Steeleye (making their Canadian debut after all these years, at Island Musicfest next month) and a superb new English trio's new CD! | ||||
| 52 | Tommy O'Sullivan & Paddy Keenan | Killing The Blues | The Long Grazing Acre | |
| 53 | Steeleye Span | Lovely On The Water | Rave On | |
| 54 | Martin Simpson - Andy Cutting - Nancy Kerr | Dark Swift & Bright Swallow | Murmurs | |
| Scots band coming to Van Folk Fest; deliciously sinister song from Northumbria; and legendary Irish piper / singer singing about the best soccer player - by name and nature!. Finbar comes to The Rogue in Vancouver on August 15th. | ||||
| 55 | Breabach | Mogaisean | Bann | |
| 56 | The Unthanks | Magpie | Mount The Air | |
| 57 | Finbar Furey | The Ballad For George Best | Colours | |
| Wonderful ditty from Tim & Eliza; glorious air on the pipes morphing into superb world fusion epic! | ||||
| 58 | Eliza Carthy & Tim Eriksen | Sailors Wedding / The Swiss Boy | Bottle | |
| 59 | Afro Celt Sound System | Go On Through | Further In Time | |
| Finishing up with those delightful Galician women again - sort of a spoof on Walk Like An Egyptian, but much better! | ||||
| 60 | Ialma | Dance Like A Galician | Simbiose | |